All teams face higher expectations, It was nothing unexpected that a spinner took 12 wickets and was Man of the Match in the primary Test in Pune. Nor was it an unexpected that the triumphant chief scored the main hundred of the match. It was not even especially shocking that the Test was over in more than two days. What was astounding – flooring, even – was that the spinner was not R Ashwin or Ravindra Jadeja but rather Steve O’Keefe, the commander was not Virat Kohli but rather Steven Smith, and the group with a 1-0 lead after under three days of play in this arrangement was not India but rather Australia.

“The weight was off us, would it say it wasn’t? Everybody kept in touch with us off and anticipated that India would win 4-0. That can’t occur any longer.” Never a more genuine word was talked than those from Smith after the Pune Test. In any case, on the off chance that it was genuine that the weight was off Australia in that match, it is not true anymore in Bengaluru, where the desires on Australia will be high. Not exclusively did they beat India in Pune, they overwhelmed in all parts of the amusement.

They dramatically increased India’s aggregate in every innings, the spinners were more powerful, their getting was more honed, even their utilization of the DRS was more guaranteed.

Weight was at the forefront of Kohli’s thoughts after the match, as well. “How severely we batted in the primary innings is the fundamental motivation behind why we couldn’t get once again into the amusement,” he said. “We put ourselves under a considerable measure of weight.” The force will just increment in Bengaluru, where Australia are in the sudden position of having the capacity to hold the Border-Gavaskar Trophy by the midpoint of the arrangement. Kohli’s men must figure out how to pivot their fortunes rapidly, or else a despicable destiny anticipates them.

Things being what they are, was Pune a distortion? What shocks will Bengaluru have in store? It is the main setting in this arrangement that has facilitated Test cricket some time recently, and it is a ground at which past Australia groups have appreciated achievement.

Much theory has encompassed the way of the pitch at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in the number one spot up to the match, particularly given Australia’s triumph on the dry, turning surface in the principal Test. What will be in it? Sharp turn? Invert swing? Heaps of runs? It ought to be fun discovering.